
Elementary French I
Introduction to French language and selected aspects of French civilization and culture.
Learn more about this courseIntroduction to French language and selected aspects of French civilization and culture.
Learn more about this courseAn accelerated treatment of material covered in both F100 and F150 designed for superior students and students with previous training in another foreign language.
Learn more about this courseBasic structures of the French language and selected topics of French civilization and culture.
Learn more about this courseThis companion course to F150 gives beginning students the opportunity to practice conversational French in a relaxed setting with peers.
Learn more about this courseGrammar, composition, conversation coordinated with the study of cultural texts.
Learn more about this courseThis companion course to F200 gives intermediate students the opportunity to practice conversational French in a relaxed setting with peers.
Learn more about this courseThis course offers a critical perspective on the evolution of French politics, society, and culture since the Second World War, with a focus on France's place in Europe and in relation to the United States. Topics covered will include national identity, cultural pluralism / minority rights, race relations, educational / political / legal institutions, gender (in)equality, and the mass media.
Learn more about this courseGrammar, composition, conversation coordinated with the study of cultural texts.
Learn more about this courseThis companion course to F250 gives intermediate students the opportunity to practice conversational French in a relaxed setting with peers.
Learn more about this courseFulfills GenEd World Languages requirement. Prerequisite: F150 or equivalent. Accelerated treatment of material from F200 and F250 in one semester.
Learn more about this courseThis course will serve as an introduction to French and Francophone studies through stories revolving around the theme of scandals. We will read, watch, and interpret stories and representations of scandal as they are depicted in both literary texts and in adaptations to other visual media (such as films and graphic novels).
Learn more about this courseIn this course, we will read several texts belonging to different centuries and literary genres (essay, fiction, theatre and poetry) in which the topic of revolution, whether in its astronomical or political meaning (or both), is developed in various manners.
Learn more about this courseWe will read, listen to, observe, and interpret the figure of the femme fatale as she is depicted both in literary texts and in adaptations to other media (film, opera, popular music, graphic novels, and the arts). We will study classic works like Le Mariage de Figaro, Carmen, Salomé, and La Bohème that explore love, desire, and jealousy, as well as religion, the status of women, the critique of social inequalities, and political conflict.
Learn more about this courseThis course examines various genres of French literature (poetry, theater, the short story, the essay, novella) as expressions of social and political thought, focusing on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Learn more about this courseIn this course we will read and discuss plays and essays, and essays about the theater -- from such authors as Victor Hugo and Antonin Artaud, the latter of whom was a 20th century movie actor and a patient of Jacques Lacan.
Learn more about this courseThis course builds students’ understanding of advanced aspects of French grammar and their facility in applying them to written and oral expression. It is designed to build upon the intermediate student’s existing knowledge of French grammar and develop a more sophisticated mastery of advanced structures.
Learn more about this courseThis course builds students’ understanding of advanced aspects of French grammar and their facility in applying them to written and oral expression. It is designed to build upon the intermediate student’s existing knowledge of French grammar and develop a more sophisticated mastery of advanced structures.
Learn more about this courseThis course is designed to improve command of written French and build vocabulary through intensive writing. Students will practice with a variety of literary, expository, and communicative writing styles. Good preparation or reinforcement for 300-level classes and study abroad.
Learn more about this courseIn-depth study of the French sound system and refinement of pronunciation through practical exercises.
Learn more about this courseTopics include feudalism, courtly love, the crusades, kings and popes, medieval calendars, pilgrimage and travel routes, medieval manuscripts, gothic cathedrals, and the origins of the French language.
Learn more about this courseThis course will introduce students to a cultural history of France from the Renaissance to the Revolution.
Learn more about this courseFor students preparing an honors project to receive a degree with departmental honors in French.
Learn more about this courseIntroduction to the structure of the French language: phonology, morphology, and syntax.
Learn more about this courseThis course will be devoted to close readings of six short novels written between the early eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries—four of them by men and two by women—which explore conflicts of love and passion with the institutions representing social order: the family, religion, patriarchy, class divisions, etc.
Learn more about this courseFrancophone theater today happens globally, and its study requires a cross-cultural approach. This course will examine stagings, critique, and performance practices/theory as they relate to the works of eight current dramatic, only one of whom was born in the French hexagon.
Learn more about this courseUnder the guidance of their instructor, advanced students of French facilitate weekly French conversation groups for lower level students. Leaders are responsible for planning all group sessions, including discussion topics generated by magazine/newspaper articles and movies, and activities such as games and cooking.
Learn more about this courseIndependent study on a specific topic not taught in one of this semester's regular courses.
Learn more about this courseFor students preparing an honors project to receive a degree with departmental honors in French.
Learn more about this courseIntroduction to contemporary Italian language, geography, and culture. Involves a broad variety of assignments and activities that develop grammatical competency and proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Learn more about this courseThis intensive beginning course covers the material of two semesters in one (M100 and M150). The course meets four times a week and also involves independent work by students, a portion of which will be performed online. During the semester students are involved in a variety of tasks practicing speaking, writing, listening and reading in a cultural context.
Learn more about this courseContinued introduction to contemporary Italian language, geography, and culture. Involves a broad variety of assignments and activities that build grammatical competency and proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Learn more about this courseThis course is a continuation of Elementary Italian II. In class the students concentrate on reviewing and refining structures learned at the 100-level, but this time at an intermediate level. During the semester students are involved in a variety of tasks practicing speaking, writing, listening and reading in cultural context.
Learn more about this courseThis intensive intermediate-level Italian course covers the material of two semesters in one (M200 and M250). The course builds upon the first three semesters of beginning Italian (or equivalent) adding the unique feature of short films as the first stimulus for learning intermediate-level vocabulary, grammar, and cultural concepts. The basic language courses in French and Italian will be taught in synchronous online format at the times indicated in the Schedule of Classes, except for class XXXX, which will be taught in a largely asynchronous format.
Learn more about this courseFrom Mario Puzo to Francis Ford Coppola, Helen Barolini to Nancy Savoca, and Tony Soprano to Martin Scorsese, we will explore rituals and myths about Italian food and family as well as our own consumption of it through Italian-American novels, poetry, theater, music, restaurants, television, and movies.
Learn more about this courseNearly 700 years after his death, Dante persists as a presence in contemporary culture, with new translations that come out almost every year, and many adaptations and references in literature, film, television, and the like. But there are those who have objected to the reading of the Divine Comedy in the global 21st century, arguing that it is racist and sexist, homophobic and anti-Semitic. In this course, we will consider what it means to read a 14th-century poem in the here and now.
Learn more about this courseThis second-year Italian course meets three times a week and builds upon the first three semesters of beginning and intermediate Italian (or equivalent).
Learn more about this courseConducted in Italian, this course continues the study of advanced structures through a variety of media and authentic texts. While the focus is on accuracy and fluency in speaking, practice with other skills and the study of Italian culture will be integrated throughout.
Learn more about this courseJoin us to consider the body in medieval and premodern Italian literature, both in the metaphorical sense of the body of literature that is defined as the canon and in a more literal key of representations of the body with regard to gender and desire. We will balance our approach between well-known figures like Dante, Boccaccio, and Petrarch and authors defined as a "minor," the serve to complicate our ideas of who matters and why.
Learn more about this courseThis course explores the notion of belonging in Italian literature and culture from a variety of perspectives including national and regional identity, gender, sexuality, economic background, immigration, age and ability.
Learn more about this courseFor students preparing an honors project to receive a degree with departmental honors in Italian.
Learn more about this courseIndependent study on a specific topic not taught in one of this semester's regular courses.
Learn more about this courseThis class examines basic theories of warfare throughout history, with a strong focus on the role of strong and effective leadership. The purpose is to gain an understanding of what makes a great leader in the battlefield, in a military academy, or around a negotiation table, and to develop these insights into tools that can then be applied to civilian contexts. We will read key texts on the subject, and we will make use of interactive simulations - basically games that were created in the military to analyze complex situations, and are now employed by private companies too.
Learn more about this courseIn this course, we will explore tragedy in its relation to life, art, death and hope. Material studied will include world famous literary works from the Bible, Greek tragedies, F. Scott Fitzgerald, examples from film and TV series (including the 1995 film by Mathieu Kassovitz, Hate; episodes from The Wire and Scandal), as well as critical texts related to the questions above, from Aristotle and Nietzsche to contemporary thinkers like Susan Sontag and Simon Critchley. Special emphasis will be put on the idea of tragedy in the twenty-first century, in both critical writing and artistic production (and pursued by the students in final research projects).
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